There’s been no shortage of critics in college football, from conference commissioners to other coaches. But Maryland coach DJ Durkin, who was on Harbaugh’s staff as defensive coordinator last season, doesn’t see it that way.

“If I had been here six months ago, we may be doing the same thing,” Durkin told CBSSports.com. “All these guys get caught up in it and get all mad. My guess is this is the last time anybody is ever able to do that. He did a nice job getting in on the front end before it gets outlawed.”

On national signing day, Durkin said “all of the hoopla” that goes into the day now is “a lot of BS.”

As Durkin tries to reload the Maryland program with talent from Florida and elsewhere in the country, he knows he’s going to have to get creative and put in extra effort to get some of the top talent to College Park. And he seems willing to try new things to increase the Terps’ visibility and put Maryland on the minds of the nation’s best.

After all, he’s learned from one of the best.

“I’m with my staff saying, ‘Let’s think of stuff like that,’” Durkin told CBSSports.com. “Are they going to have an advantage? Absolutely. Am I going to stay awake at night? No. We have to make up ground because he’s going to spend a week there with them.”